Textile Art Equipment

Textile Art Equipment

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Textile Art Equipment
  • How to Marble with Craig Joubert

    In this very comprehensive workshop Craig shows you how easy it is to marble. This can be applied to most surfaces – from fabric, to tiles, leather, wood, cork, paper and cotton canvas.
    He starts off by explaining what comes in the starter kit; the paint is non-messy, fast and permanent and is no...

  • How to Marble a Large Piece of Fabric with Craig Joubert

    Craig Joubert from Marbling 4 Fun allows Valerie to design her own piece of fabric, but not on the scraps she bought to the studio, and we find out why, and how you can test whether or not fabric is suitable with a very simple test.
    Valerie selects a few of her favourite colours, to create her ve...

  • Colouring with Markel Pens - Patchwork and Quilting Workshop with Lee Brown

    Lee takes us through this interesting workshop on how to use Markel pens. These are oil-based and create interesting pictures which can then be stitched into.  Simple stencil shapes are made out of cartridge paper.
    Markel Pens are available from Art Van Go www.artvango.co.uk.
    About Lee Brown
    Lee ...

  • Glitter Felt with Gail Penberthy

    Gail started the love affair with glitter felt when she created her Unicorn cushions, but then went on to use it in so many more of her projects.
    The simplest way is  to use it as fused appliqué;  but then Gail thought maybe she could find a way of using the felt, so that the end result wasn’t so...

  • Immersion Dyeing with Angela Daymond

    In her dyeing workshop, Angela uses Brazilwood to give the fabric a ‘pink’ color. She uses string to give this lovely shibori effect. If you are old enough to be a ‘flower child’ , we would call it tie-dyeing! As a bonus, don’t forget that the string will also pick up some dye color so you can us...

  • Rubber Stamping with deColourant and Dee Paramour

    Dee Paramour shows us how to use deColourant®and deColourant® Plus to significant effect together with rubber stamps. The product is heat-activated but entirely safe and easy to wash out.   Using the iron activates the product, and it can be used very effectively on cards and fabric.
    The items sh...

  • deColourant Products Used With Everyday Objects.

    Dee Paramour shows us how to use deColourant®and deColourant® Plus to great effect using just household items such as bubblewrap and kitchen foil.  You could use other items that are readily available and give texture such as buttons;  the textured sole of footwear – indeed anything that has a pa...

  • Shibori Tie Dyeing with Dee Paramour

    Dee shows us three different ways of using the colorant products to produce the tie-dyed effect: first, you can use rows of simple stitching. You can wrap the fabric around marbles or pebbles, and you can also use a tube, recycled maybe from your local carpet shop!
    The deColourant products are no...

  • Screen Printing with deColourant products with Dee Paramour

    Dee Paramour shows us how to use deColourant®and deColourant® Plus to have a significant effect with thermofax screens, but you could think about using stencils from your painting days, or quilting stencils would work well too.
    The product is heat-activated but entirely safe and easy to wash out....

  • Using Stencils and Masks with deColourant and Dee Paramour

    Dee Paramour shows us how to use deColourant®and deColourant® Plus to effect using simple stencils – from your cardmaking stash significantly, or quilting stencils would work exceptionally well.
    The items shown behind Dee have all been made with fabrics created using the two products.
    The product...

  • Spicy Shibori Dyeing with Angela Daymond

    Angela shows us a range of ways to create dyed fabric with that tied look. She does this with the help of some simple spices from your kitchen cupboard. In this particular workshop Angela has used Turmeric and Paprika, plus some pegs and rubber bands; there is advice on how to wrap the fabric and...

  • Painting with Pens from Paula Doyle

    Paula shares with us this neat idea where she uses Sharpie pens.  Other fabric pens would work too. She creates this lovely colourful piece of fabric.  There is also no need to pay too much attention to the lines either!
    A great idea to share with the children – but as there is IPA involved – adu...

  • Beaded Kilt Pin with Fran Rose

    Beading has been a passion for Fran for a number of years now. She shares her passion with her local beading group in Lincolnshire.
    In this workshop Fran shows you how to make this delightful piece of jewellery. She also explains how to make coordinating earrings. If these aren’t your thing, then...

  • Block Printing with Mary Gamester

    Mary shows how to use transfer paints in combination with some delightful blocks which allow to create very own piece of fabric, but just as a reminder you do need to work onto paper first. Then you can transfer these images onto fabric, another reminder that this has to be polyster to get good r...

  • Gelli Printing with Stencils from Jamie Malden

    Jamie contnues her short series with us on how to create wonderful and unique fabric which you can then use as the basis for your project. Here she uses stencils and recycled pieces of fabric (old sheeting).
    So how easy it is?
    Step 1: add paint to your gelli plate.
    Tip: don’t waste the paint that...

  • Gelli Printing with Jamie Malden

    This strange piece of  wobbly stuff is proving to be amazingly versatile for those who enjoy textile art and best of all it is reuseable.
    Jamie shows you just how easy it is to create a marbled background piece of fabric which can then be overprinted with block printing. You can use up your old s...

  • How to Use Stencils from Jamie Malden

    Jamie loves this sort of project which allows her to combine her love of block printing with stencils and then use some simple embroidery stitches, such as seeding, french knots, chain stitch. What an great and individual project you end up with!
    Here she takes a very plain and ordinary towel and...

  • The Gentle(ish) Art of Gelli Printing by Hilary Beattie

    Jamie Malden of Colouricious loves to play with block prints and has discovered that Gelli plates can add a new dimension. Do you want to know how? Well she feels that Hilary Beattie really shows you how in her book they met when Hilary was busy rummaging in the hedgerows for leaves.
    And who knew...

  • How to block print onto clay with Holly Jones

    Holly shows you how you can use your wooden blocks to print onto clay to make plates, bowls and tiles.  The clay she uses can be air dried or dried in a kiln. You can then decorate with any of the paints you would normally use.

    We have some lovely items from Holly in our Shop at www.justhands-...

  • How to Use Inktense Pencils with Angela Daymond

    Angela uses these inktense pencils to create wonderful landscapes for her kantha stitching. In addition, she suggests to colour in your pre-quilted designs - even a feather wreath.

    Anyway, back to the pencils - with the addition of water or aloe vera gel, the inks in these become really vibran...

  • Feather Tool from Angela Madden

    Angela has designed this ‘workshop in a bag’ template. It means you can produce wonderful feather quilting designs onto your projects easily. This one tool will give you a wide variety of designs. Here, Angela shows how versatile this design tool can be from hearts, to squares and rectangles and ...

  • An Introduction to Block Printing with Tess Grace

    Tess is passionate about block printing. In this workshop, Tess guides you through everything you need to know to be ready to block print at home. You will learn about the equipment that you need. You will learn about the basic techniques that you'll use when printing onto fabric and paper. This ...

  • The Makers Studio with Dionne Swift, Textile Artist

    In this episode of The Makers Studio, we meet Dionne Swift. She is an artist, tutor, and author who exhibits internationally. She creates dynamic stitched textiles using a vibrant mix of threads, colours, and textures.  Discover more about Dionne, her motivations and her approach to projects.
    In ...

  • How to Change the Needle on Your Embellishing Machine

    A useful tutorial
    A really useful little tutorial from the queen of embellishers - Myfanwy Hart - textile artist and dyer. She has worked closely with Janome and their embellishing machine.
    About Myfanwy Hart
    Myfanwy studied City & Guilds Creative Embroidery at Woking with Marion Brookes, then...